Canva
2020 UX Design Summer Internship
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Opportunity details
- Internship, Clerkship or Placement
- Apply by 31 Aug 2020
Inspired by a team of talented thinkers, an amazing culture, and remarkable growth trajectory—we're out to change the world, one design at a time.
Since launch in April 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 15 million monthly active users across 190 different countries who have created more than 1 billion designs. We are one of the world's fastest-growing technology companies and we have only achieved about 1% of what we are hoping to do! We're growing rapidly and building a product that users really love -- just check out Twitter!
Design @ Canva
One of the principles of our design team is to 'show the future'. As designers we transport the rest of the company into a future we're yet to build. A big part of the role of a product designer at Canva is to be a visionary—visualising and reinventing the future of design.
UX Designers at Canva take the dream and make it something everyone can relate to and rally behind. We start from the very early stages: finding the right problem to tackle, exploring ideas for how to solve it and then refining it into a coherent solution. Our product designers carry out research, brainstorming, sketching, prototyping, and collaboration with our engineers to ship great products.
We are empathetic user advocates and respect our users' opinions through interviews, usability testing, and data analysis, as well as wireframing, flowcharting, and journey mapping to show the different stages that customers go through as they come into contact with Canva.
As a UX Design Intern, you will learn from Canva's Cofounders and designers to apply design thinking to real user problems. From day one, you will have an opportunity to be involved in every aspect of the product development process. You will have the opportunity to do meaningful work and build features and functionality that impacts millions of users around the world.
Minimum qualifications
- Within 12 months of completing your bachelor's, master's or TAFE course in human-computer interaction (HCI), web design, computer science, software engineering, industrial or graphic design or a related field.
- You have a portfolio of personal projects or case study from inside or outside the classroom showcasing a strong visual design, interaction design or user experience with problem-solving orientation. Please provide in a zip file, along with your resume.
- You can articulate what makes a good product and why. Love to ideate, design, prototype, test, and rapidly iterate on components and systems for continual improvements.
- Ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision (what we build, not just how it looks)
- Experience in design tools (for example Sketch and InVision).
- Strong problem-solving skills with balanced interaction and visual design skills.
- Communication skills – you should be able to articulate your design decisions.
- You have the ability to give and receive constructive feedback on design work.
- Experience in web and mobile application design.
- This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
Please attach the following documentation in a zip file
- Your portfolio or case study
- Resume and cover letter if you wish
Reviews
Love 85-90% of the work I get to do. 10-15% less enjoyable bureaucracy / 'keeping the lights on' work that is required.
As a backend engineer, I mainly work closely with maintaining the server, including the interaction with the database and cache. I also apply software development techniques when writing code.
I am currently working as an Associate Machine Learning Engineer. My responsibility includes maintaining existing deployed ML models in Canva and developing new ones to help users get a better experience. Sometimes it involves some data analysis as well as research.
About the employer
Canva
4.7
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Technology
Canva is a global online visual communications platform designed to empower the world to design.
Pros and cons of working at Canva
Pros
The culture and work-life balance at Canva is amazing! It helps me unlock my full working potential as I am encouraged to work at my own pace and to the best of my comfort.
Work hours are flexible as you can work at your own pace which boosts your efficiency the most. You can work fully remotely or in the office depending on your choice.
I get to work with very talented people and solve interesting problems at scale.
Free food, club activities, and events can sometimes seem too good to be true. Additionally, the company is flexible and trusting of different working schedules.
The company is extremely committed to diversity.
Cons
If you live in an area that does not have a hub or office, there will be less interaction unless you go to the office. This makes it hard for people to network and meet up regularly.
Working at a large company often means you specialise in a narrow set of tools, which can limit your exposure compared to working at a smaller startup.
Can be a fast-paced, stressful environment when launches are approaching.
Currently, I think my daily job involves much busy work without much time to understand the context.
Being remote first, although this is another really great benefit, I sometimes wish I could see my teammates more in person.